Hanging with History

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The Chicken War is covered as part of the War of the Quadruple Alliance as well as the more consequential Armada of 1719. Cardinal Alber...

6 Touko 202241min

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Peace treaties do not always work out the way they are intended, especially if they are complex and take time to implement. The many tre...

22 Huhti 202244min

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We look at the factors that drove France to join the American Revolution despite the obvious ideological problems with a divine right mon...

8 Huhti 202242min

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We cover the repressive powers of the royal government and some of the reactions to it. Some of the issues are common to all autocracies...

25 Maalis 202233min

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. This episode measures France against the 5 standard theories for the origins of the Industrial Revolution. 1. Special unique culture tha...

11 Maalis 202227min

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The Cabinet Noir is the most interesting part of this show. This mail reading, code breaking part of the regime was part of their effort...

25 Helmi 20221h 1min

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We continue our social history with a look at the Psychology of Peasants and Nobles, with Jon Elster as our guide. For nobles we track s...

11 Helmi 202251min

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. This is social history in some depth. We look at the role of preasance among and within social classes. Presance is identified as a ma...

28 Tammi 202240min